SPHERE

In the past day or so I have seen 2 people who have just bought these cards fail at the mod. (Their cores where permanently locked.)

So if you want any chance of getting a cheap agp x850xtpe you should buy now! Cause it kinda looks like ati doesn't want us moding them anymore.

Bindusar

That sucks...makes me kind of glad that I went the BFG 6800GT route as that would have frost my cookies if I had bought the ATI with the intent of modidng and having it not work. That would have been the second time I would have been burned by an ATI product (my Sapphire 9800 Pro showed up with a 350 core...not flashable)

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J3r3my

Why do they make a card thats made for modding (GTO2) and then dont want people modding another?

YiffyGriffy

Well firstly, ATi doesn't make the GTO2, Sapphire does, secondly, why would they want you buying a cheaper card and modding it to their more expensive models? This is exactly why I will never buy a video card with the direct intention of modding it to something better, because I know I will get the one that doesn't work.

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Went almost two years without any major system overhauls, so I'm treating myself

sccr64472

Pessimist!

Mikey122687

i think some guy have a x850pro successfully unlocked his pipes and runs at xtpe selling it with a zalman vf-700CU in the for sell forum

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SPHERE

Hey! No advertising lol. (j/k)

LexCorp

I just purchased my new x850 pro and have a few questions about modding it. I hear that the newer batches are locked and can't be modded. What happens if i try to mod one that has a locked core? If it fails to mod what happens to the card? Can you always reflash it back to the original bios? Thanks.

Commander Kool

You should make a back up disk of the original BIOS, my good man.

SPHERE

If it's locked then it simply won't unlock but it will still flash.

Post in that last faq in my sig dude.